Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 67: Lord Balarama Slays Dvivida Gorilla

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.67.18

tam tu sankarsano murdhni

patantam acalo yatha

pratijagraha balavan

sunandenahanac ca tam

SYNONYMS

tam -- that (tree trunk); tu -- but; sankarsanah -- Lord Balarama; murdhni -- on His head; patantam -- falling; acalah -- an unmoving mountain; yatha -- like; pratijagraha -- took hold of; bala-van -- powerful; sunandena -- with Sunanda, His club; ahanat -- He struck; ca -- and; tam -- him, Dvivida.

TRANSLATION

But Lord Sankarsana remained as motionless as a mountain and simply grabbed the log as it fell upon His head. He then struck Dvivida with His club, named Sunanda.

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